animal care attendanttoanimal groomer
A animal care attendant already meets 75% of what the animal groomer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 35.2 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the animal groomer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal care attendant profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 31 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animal groomer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal care attendant background worth leading with.
- already held breed reptiles handling and moving
- already held groom animals handling and moving
- already held animal species natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held calculate rates per hours information skills
- already held interview animal owners on animals' conditions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science information skills
All 31 carried skills, including the 19 the animal groomer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held dry dog's coat for further treatment required
- required, not held provide facilities for animal grooming services required
- required, not held style a dog's coat required
- required, not held bathe dogs required
- required, not held plan dog grooming work required
- optional, not held understand the needs of animals optional
- required, not held handle customer complaints required
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
- optional, not held assist customers optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a animal groomer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 dry dog's coat for further treatment skill · occupation specific
- 02 provide facilities for animal grooming services skill · occupation specific
- 03 style a dog's coat skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 31 skills that carry over
- already held advise on animal welfare skill
- already held anatomy of animals knowledge
- already held animal behaviour knowledge
- already held animal species knowledge
- already held animal welfare knowledge
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
- already held apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting skill
- already held biosecurity related to animals knowledge
- already held control animal movement skill
- already held groom animals skill
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held manage animal biosecurity skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held physiology of animals knowledge
- already held provide first aid to animals skill
- already held safe work practices in a veterinary setting knowledge
- already held signs of animal illness knowledge
- already held treat animals ethically skill
- already held apply numeracy skills skill
- already held assess animal's condition skill
- already held breed reptiles skill
- already held calculate rates per hours skill
- already held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector skill
- already held deal with challenging people skill
- already held environmental enrichment for animals knowledge
- already held interview animal owners on animals' conditions skill
- already held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
- already held manage animal welfare skill
- already held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science skill
- already held understand the animal's situation skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist customers optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held understand the needs of animals optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
19 held skills the animal groomer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal nutrition knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal production science knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal training knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess animal behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role assist in transportation of animals skill
- not needed by the target role care for juvenile animals skill
- not needed by the target role collaborate with animal related professionals skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role establish aquarium skill
- not needed by the target role handle veterinary patients skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role implement exercise activities for animals skill
- not needed by the target role locate microchip in animals skill
- not needed by the target role maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- not needed by the target role microchip scanners knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide an enriching environment for animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide animal training skill
- not needed by the target role provide nutrition to animals skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.